The Civil War Manuscripts collection consists of letters and diaries from the Civil War period (1861-1865). Most of the collection consists of personal narratives with a few official records concerning the war and later pensions.

The records document the history of Michigan soldiers in the form of muster rolls, letters, lists of dead, monthly returns and other materials sent to the state Adjutant General during the war. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Please note that in order to preserve the integrity of the original GLO Notes they cannot be pulled for research in the Archives reading room. The Archives does have transcriptions of the original survey notes in both microfilm and bound formats that can be pulled for researchers at the Archives of Michigan.